Russia, Canada to meet in world hockey final

Prague, Czech Republic (SportsNetwork.com) - It took a while, but the addition of Alex Ovechkin to Team Russia's roster paid off.

Ovechkin -- who flew to Europe after his Capitals were eliminated in a Game 7 by the New York Rangers on Wednesday -- picked up an insurance marker in a four-goal third-period burst that powered the Russians past Team USA, 4-0, on Saturday, sending them to the gold-medal game at the 2015 World Hockey Championship.

Sergei Mozyakin broke a scoreless tie at 7:17 of the final frame, Ovechkin tallied just over three minutes later and Vadim Shipachyov scored with just over 4 1/2 to play. Evgeni Malkin added an empty-net tally with 85 seconds to go.